February 19, 2020 — Connectiv, a division of The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), has announced the finalists for the 66th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, which include two Wainscot Media brands — Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology and Imaging Technology News. In January, Park Ridge, N.J.-based publisher Wainscot Media acquired DAIC and its sister publication ITN from Scranton Gillette Communications.
The Jesse H. Neal Awards are the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism. Named after Jesse H. Neal, the first managing director of Connectiv, the Neal Awards were established in 1955 to recognize and reward editorial excellence in business media. Award-winning content reports on major industry issues of the time. Neal winners have exposed corruption and conflicts of interest and brought attention to major new trends, brilliant leadership, innovative tactics, and key developments in global businesses.
Recognized as the “Pulitzer Prize of the business press,” the Jesse H. Neal Award finalists are selected for exhibiting journalistic enterprise, service to the industry and editorial craftsmanship.
The entries selected as finalists include:
- Category: Best Industry Coverage
- Publication: Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)
- Entry Title: DAIC Takes a Deep Dive in the Cardiac Market, which includes: Recent Advances in Interventional Guidewire Technology, Guidewires Comparison Chart, New Directions and Trends in Coronary Metallic Stents and Coronary Stents Comparison Chart.
- Category: Best Range Of Work By A Single Author, which includes the following articles by Dave Fornell: 6 Key Health Information Technology Trends at HIMSS 2019, Image Gallery From the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 2019 Meeting, How the Agatston Calcium Score Was Created and its Impact on Heart Attack Prevention and VIDEO: Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Imaging Technologies at RSNA 2018.
- Publication: Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)
- Category: Best Technical Content
- Publication: Imaging Technology News (ITN)
- Entry Title: Advancements in Breast Imaging, which includes: Save the Biopsy Suite, Tomosynthesis Year in Review, Breast Tomosynthesis Systems Comparison Chart and Importance of Visual Checks Before Mammograms.
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell photographing technologies in the cath labs at Northwestern Medicine's Central DuPage Hospital. Fornell was named a Neal finalist for best work by a single author the past two years for his coverage of new cardiovascular technology and how it is being implemented in hospitals.
DAIC has been honored with this prestigious award several times in the past:
- 2019: FINALIST Best Range of Work by a Single Author
- 2018: WINNER Best Use of Social Media Publication used social media to generate more than 130,000 pageviews on the DAIC site in 2017
- 2017: FINALIST Best Use of Social Media Enhanced social media campaign helped DAIC reach 1 million pageviews for the year for the first time
The winners will be announced by Connectiv at an awards luncheon held on March 27 in New York City. For more information: www.siia.net/neals
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